Animal-trap.



No. 793,349. PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905. R. GHASSB.

ANIMAL TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.24,1904= INITED STATES Patented June 27, 1905.

RAPHAEL (JI-IASSE, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

ANIMAL-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,349, dated June 27, 1905.

Application filed August 24,1904. Serial No. 221,920.

To all IIII/U'III/ it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAPHAELCimssi i, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, havemade and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Trims, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in animal-traps, the object being to simplify the construction of those now in general use and at the same time render it effective and certain in its operations.

\Vith these and other ends in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved trap. Fig. 2 is a view thereof in side elevation. Fig. 3 is asectional view thereof in its set adjustment. Fig. at shows a modified form of the catch.

Referring to the drawings, 5 represents a base of any desired size and preferably constructed of wood, although, if desired, the same may he made or formed of metal and beveled or tapered from the rear toward the front end or edge. In this base 5 is formed a circular recess or opening 6, extending from one side of the base to the other and through the upper surface or side of said base, into which is received and retained the springeoils T s, formed from a single piece of wire, the two extreme ends 9 10 of the wire extending upwardly through the opening in the top of the base and against the O( ge thereof,-

This catch 14 is secured to the base 5 forward of the circular opening 6 and consists of a metal plate bent around the staple 15 and prefer- J ably pointed or bifurcated in order to hold and retain the bait In the front leaf of the bent plate 1 1 is formed an opening 16, into which the free end of the rod 13 is inserted when the trap is set.

In order to set the trap, the loop 11 is forced backwardly onto the rear portion of the base 5, the rod 13 placed over it, and the free end of said rod inserted into the opening 16 of the catch 14:, the latter being lifted or raised to a vertical position, as illustrated in Fig. 3, the tension of the spring against the rod 13 retaining said rod in engagement with said catch. The bait is then placed on the pointed end or ends of the catch 1%.

Should an attempt be made to extract or pull the bait from the catch, it results in disengaging the end of the rod 12 from the catch, thereby allowing the tension of the spring-coil 7 8 to throw the loop 11 back into its normal position and to catch and hold the animal between the same and the forward end of the base 5, it being understood, of course, that the wire from which the coils and loop are made may be of a size to impart any desired tension or strength thereto.

Instead of forming the catch 14 from a bent or folded plate, as described, it may be constructed of a piece of wire 17, as illustrated in Fig. 4, in the length of which will be formed a loop 18, into which the end of the rod may be inserted in the same manner and for the same purpose as in the case of the opening 16 in the catch 14.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In an animal-trap, the combination with a base provided with a lateral circular groove or opening extending through the same and through the upper-surface of said base, forming a slot or recess, of a loop having coiled spring ends contained within said circular groove, the extreme ends fitting against the tan, in the county of New York and State of New Y0rk,this 19th day of August, A. D. 1904.

RAPHAEL GHASSE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE Coon, M. VAN NORTWICK. 

